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"De Camptown Races" or "Gwine to Run All Night" (nowadays popularly known as "Camptown Races") is a folk song by American Romantic composer Stephen Foster. It was published in February 1850 by F. D. Benteen and was introduced to the American mainstream by Christy's Minstrels , eventually becoming one of the most popular folk/ Americana tunes of ...
On occasion, he also sings his own lyrics if they are related to what he's doing at the time. "Camptown Races" essentially became Foghorn's signature tune and one of the most widely familiar uses of the song in popular culture. The final theatrical film in which Foghorn sings "Camptown" is Mother Was a Rooster (1962).
Erika M. Anderson, of the band EMA, refers to Foster's "Camptown Races" in the song "California", from past Life Martyred Saints (2011): "I bet my money on the bobtail nag/somebody bet on the bay." [29] The Firesign Theatre makes many references to Foster's compositions in their CD, Boom Dot Bust (1999, Rhino Records)
It is the first Foghorn Leghorn cartoon featuring Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races", a song that would be featured in every Foghorn Leghorn cartoon following this with the exceptions of A Fractured Leghorn, Of Rice and Hen and Banty Raids. When shown on Boomerang USA, this short plays in PAL audio.
By the time of this cartoon's release, the Stephen Foster song "Camptown Races" has been established as Foghorn Leghorn's theme; in other cartoons Foghorn normally hums the verse, but in this cartoon he sings specially-written lyrics about fishing.
Beautiful Dreamer is a compilation album comprising 18 songs originally penned by Stephen ... "Camptown Races" The Duhks: 3:00: 7. "My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight ...
Aside from the songs Amanda makes up, she explains them a lot. Take Camptown Ladies which goes, "Camptown ladies sing this song, doo dah, doo dah, Camptown races five miles long, o doo dah day. Gwana run all night, gwana run all day, bet my money on a bob tail nag, somebody bet on the bay."
Swanee River is a 1939 American biographical musical drama film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, and Felix Bressart.It is a biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out.